Sermons on 1 Corinthians

“THE MOST IMPORTANT THING” 1 Corinthians 13 Welcome to one of two services in the Christian year that are specifically designed to make you feel bad. The ashes, the prayers, the psalm of confession … these are not exactly pleasant. But feeling bad is not all bad if it gets us headed in the right…

1 Corinthians 12: 12-27 Unity and Diversity in the Body 12 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. 13 For we were all baptized by[a] one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to…

1 From Eugene Peterson’s translation, The Message. 1 Corinthians 13 “If I speak with human eloquence and angelic ecstasy but don’t love, I’m nothing but the creaking of a rusty gate. 2 If I speak God’s Word with power, revealing all his mysteries and making everything plain as day, and if I have faith that…

Matthew 16:13-20 Peter Declares That Jesus Is the Messiah 13 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say the Son of Man is?” 14 They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 “But what about you?” he…

1 Corinthians 1: 10-18 10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought. 11 My brothers and sisters, some from…

Matthew 9: 9-13 9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,” he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. 10 While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. 11 When…

1 Corinthians 11: 23-26, 10: 16-17 The Lord’s Supper 23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, thatthe Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do…

1 Corinthians 9:24-27, Matthew 22:34-40 The Need for Self-Discipline 24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. 25 Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that…

Graduate Sunday 2015 CONNECT! 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 So, as you graduate and get ready to go out into the world, all kinds of people are giving you advice: o Your parents are giving you advice o Your teachers are giving you advice o Wayne Purdy is giving you advice o When you go to baccalaureate…

Corinthians 15 Think back to a victory celebration that you were part of:  Maybe it was when your little league team beat your cross-town rivals.  Maybe it was a team you were on in school, or a team your kid was on.  Maybe it was with a bunch of friends watching the…